In a major relief to depositors duped by ponzi schemes, the SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) recently said its new powers would help in recovery of money from the fraudulent firms and return them to the investors. SEBI Chairman Mr. U. K. Sinha said, "Thro…
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Showing posts with label Investment Alerts. Show all posts
Take Insurance Policy Only For Protection: Should Not Mix Investment & Insurance...!
by Mr. Amarnath Ananthanarayanan, Bharti Axa General Insurance Investing in an insurance cover is not only important. But, also very essential in this day of medical inflation & increasing cost of living. Insurance should not be looked at as a tax - saving instrument or …
SEBI: Fines Reliance Rs. 11 Crore in IPCL Insider Trading Case..!
Indian Capital market regulator the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs. 11 crore on Reliance Petroinvestments (RPIL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries (RIL), for insider trading in IPCL shares in 2007. SEBI said that RPIL made profits of …
Flexi Potato Purchase Scheme: SEBI Bars Raising Funds..!
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on recently disallowed Sumangal Industries from raising funds from investors assuring returns of 20 to 100% through “ Flexi Potato Purchase Scheme .” The market regulator SEBI also asked the company to reply within 15 days to i…
Global Asset Allocations: Bonds 49%, Equities 37%,,Money Markets 9%, Gold 1%..!
Gold has had an excellent price run in the last decade or / so but it still forms just 1 per cent of total corpus allocated towards various asset classes. What this means is that there is only a tiny population out there that has benefited from the gold bull run of the past …
Mutual Fund Product Risk: Now Color Code from 1st July, 2013..!
Blue – Principal Amount at low risk. Yellow – principal Amount at medium risk. Brown – Principal Amount at high risk. According to a SEBI circular issued recently, mutual fund (MF) houses are required to label products from 1st July, 2013. The regulator feels that it would pro…
Mutual Fund Plans will Carry Colour Codes to Indicate Risk Profile..!
Mutual fund offerings will soon come with colour codes to remind investors the kind of risk they may be taking. A scheme that bets on high-risk assets will be marked red while yellow will stand for moderate risk & green for low-risk plans. The colour code will apply to …
SEBI : Surveillance Mechanism Gets 100 Alerts Each Day..!
According too SEBI Chief Mr. U.K. Sinha, newly beefed up SEBI surveillance mechanisms now receive above 100 alerts relating to investor grievances daily. Mr. U.K. Sinha also said, “We have now introduced very sophisticated surveillance mechanism. Each day we are getting near…
SEBI Complaints Redress System - SCORES : Wll in Solving Investor Complaints..!
Indian Stock Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has said that with a new mechanism in place, investor grievance redressal had improved significantly, with the percentage of disposal touching about 150% during the first eight months of this fiscal…
Insider Trading: Rs. 65 lakh Fine on Official of Satyam Computer..!
Indian stock Market regulator SEBI had fined Mr. T.A.N. Murti, Rs. 65 lakh for insider trading, in the Satyam Computer Services (SCS) scrip in December 2008. SEBI found that Murti, the then Head - Investor Relations of SCS had sold a major chunk of his holdings (14,500 share…
What is Ponzi Schemes..!
Ponzi schemes and other unregulated parallel market investment schemes are affecting the growth of the MF (mutual fund) sector. Fraudulent Investment Operation..! A ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to its investors from money paid by subsequ…
Proper Asset Allocation Between Equity & Debt Investments
by Mr. Vishwajeet Parashar, Bajaj Capital Financial investment products are broadly classified into 2 types debt and equity. Though it is important to have a mix of both in one's investment portfolio, the 2 investment classes are different from each other, with a diffe…
Festive Season: Smart and Safety Shopping Tips
by Ms. Harshala Chandorkar, CIBIL Gifiing is an integral part of celebrating the festive season. Indian people tend to go on a buying spree with plans to spend on buying home appliances, cars, plot of land, houses and other electronic goods during this period. Among these, q…
Investors Warned Trading Over 2,000 Stocks..!
As part of their surveillance mechanism & to safeguard the interest of reatail share investors, leading bourses BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) and NSE (National Stock Exchange) have suggested extra due diligence in trading of illiquid stocks. As per directions from SEBI (Secu…
Tips to Improve Credit Score
by Mr. Sriram Kalyanaraman, Equifax Credit Information Services Risk scores play an important role in credit decisions of many lending institutions. Typically, higher the score, lower the risk profile of an individual, indicating a better ability to manage debt. Credit Repor…
Share Investors: Get Daily Trade Alerts via SMS and Email
In a move to check unauthorised share market trades through investor accounts, regulator SEBI has asked exchanges to send SMS and E - mail alerts to every retail investor for all transactions in their names in a day. The move follows complaints against brokers & other m…
My Assets Consolidation: Investor, Empower Yourself...!, October 7, 2012 at Neyveli
Chennai based financial consultant company will organise a savings and investment awareness programme. Programme Name: Investor, Empower Yourself...! Date: October 7, 2012 - Sunday Venue: Mallika Thirumana Maligai, 43, Mamaru Theru, Annagramam, Gandhi Nagar Post, (Rani & R…
